["The Black Stallion and Satan" is a] nicker-a-page thriller, and all Black Stallion fans had best start looking for a quiet afternoon when they can let their favorite horse breathe fire down their necks….
The crescendo of final action, as well as the chain of physical and emotional twists throughout, make the implausibilities of the story fade magically away and help the lessons in responsibility to be painlessly taught.
William Clifford, "Hoof Beats," in The New York Times Book Review (© 1949 by The New York Times Company; reprinted by permission), November 20, 1949, p. 58.
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